Pension Equality for Women

Debate between Grahame Morris and Mark Tami

Thursday 14th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Grahame Morris]

I agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I welcome the contribution that he has made to the campaign.

[Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab)]

I thank my hon. Friend for all the hard work that he has put in. I am sure that he, like me, has come across many women who have based all their retirement plans—their partners may have already retired—on what they were told, and assumed, would be their retirement age. They all say to me, “It is just not fair.”

[Grahame Morris]

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Many of these women have worked since they were 16. They signed up to a deal that they considered to be an agreement with the Government, but that deal has been cast aside with little or no regard for their financial circumstances.